The Southeast Asian nation’s economy shrank by 16.5% in April-June from the same period last year PHGDP=ECI - the biggest slump in the government’s quarterly GDP data dating back to 1981.
In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had increased to 112,593, while deaths rose by 11 to 2,115.
The country recorded eight new coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 704.
About half the country's roughly 110 million people are currently under quarantine, including millions in deep poverty, left jobless by tough restrictions on movement.
The crater of the volcano exploded to life with towering clouds of ash and jets of red-hot lava on Sunday, forcing those living around the mountain south of Manila to rush to safety.
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The Taal volcano generated a 1 km high ash plume accompanied by rumbling sounds and tremors earlier in the day.
The storm, with wind gusts of up to 200 kilometres per hour, swept across remote villages and popular tourist destinations in the central Philippines on Wednesday.
Typhoon Phanfone hit the Philippines late on Tuesday with winds of up to 120km/h and gusts of 150km/h, heavy rain and flooding.
The typhoon toppled houses and trees and blacked-out cities in the Philippines' most storm-prone region, but no deaths were reported.
Sunday's tremor cracked schools, toppled homes and injured dozens but largely spared big cities on the island of Mindanao, which is still recovering from a string of deadly quakes in October.
General manager Ed Monreal told reporters on Monday that the airlines and the Manila International Airport Authority decided to close the airport.
Kammuri is forecast to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday in the nation's east with intense rains and potent wind gusts of up to 185 kilometres per hour, forecasters said.
Terrified locals fled into the streets after the shallow quake, which the US Geological Survey said hit the island of Mindanao as schools and offices opened for the day.
Earlier this month Duterte set a 19 September deadline for the ex-convicts to return to jail or face the consequences, and put a one million-peso ($19,000) price on their heads.
Just as he began his 90-minute address, the Philippine president pointed to the popular support that underpins his brash rule, which faces censure for locking up detractors and attacking critical journalists.
Duterte bristles at any Western condemnation of his signature campaign, which has killed thousands and critics say could amount to crimes against humanity.
A vote on the resolution by the 47-member council is expected later this week.
